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AIX7-00-002114 - AIX must turn on SSH daemon privilege separation.

Information

SSH daemon privilege separation causes the SSH process to drop root privileges when not needed, which would decrease the impact of software vulnerabilities in the unprivileged section.

Solution

Edit the "/etc/sshd/sshd_config" file and add the following line:
UsePrivilegeSeparation yes

Restart the SSH daemon:
# stopsrc -s sshd
# startsrc -s sshd

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-215297r991589_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-002114, STIG-Legacy|SV-101823, STIG-Legacy|V-91725, Vuln-ID|V-215297

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: e86c36d96142534e61d016c4a8dd8d9b1c384c70e3dd7388b744e3a1ce062c77